Not to mention the infestation rumour campaign The one that you continue to perpetuate.
Supposedly it's been taken care of Sure, supposedly if you don't believe the Boloco Owner (http://community.livejournal.com/davis_square/1413802.html?thread=15738794#t15738794) who says "In fact, we did gut the entire basement when we took over from O'naturals" or the Green Tomato people who offered Ron a tour (http://community.livejournal.com/davis_square/1413802.html?thread=15739050#t15739050).
But I understand, it's so much easier to believe someone who worked there three businesses ago, because it's the internet and all.
Excellent point, though any new business there will have to contend with the rumor, whether or not it's perpetuated, it's easily found in an internet search and I think is in their yelp reviews as well. Boston has a public internet record of health inspections, I tried to find the same for Somerville in this situation to either support or negate my statement and could find nothing, so I've deleted the comment.
I'm disappointed. I only ate there a couple of times, and I really enjoyed the food, especially their roast chicken. But yeah, it's a darned cruddy location, and the space doesn't really lend itself to intimate dining.
Sagra seems to have broken the curse on its site; maybe they can recommend an exorcist. I hope they go for one of the traditions that uses firecrackers and gongs, personally.
I want a real mid-Atlantic style diner. Tuna melts, malted milkshakes, Friday fish fry, monte cristos. The only thing I miss about Rochester NY are the diners.
Ok, I'm from Rochester - let's play favorite diner. Mine was Jay's, on West Henrietta Road near Marketplace, cos we could walk to it from the apt where I grew up.
Ah, Marketplace! I lived in "the city," specifically the Monroe Ave neighborhood, so my diners were Gitsis, the Princess, and Mark's Texas Hots (which doesn't sound like a diner, but it was). I lived in those places! I couldn't eat like that every day now that I have middle-age metabolism, but I could fill a truck with the omlette and fries /w gravy plates I consumed back then!
Carberry's lasted there a long time, but that was back when there were less eateries in Davis to compete with. Perhaps the high number of eateries in Davis in last several years have make the Green Tomato II seem an unnecessarily long hike to some.
"and the space doesn't really lend itself to intimate dining."
There is something about that space that I find unappealing. I liked Carberry's a lot but something about the changes since by the last 3 businesses (or maybe it was just Au Naturals that changed it)made the place feel uninviting to me.
It's all hard surfaces and exposed pipe/ductwork, which means it's very loud space. The lack of partitions of any kind also leaves the whole interior feeling exposed, with no "cozy" sheltered spaces to sit down in. Diesel has exposed ducting, but they also have booths and interior divisions of various kinds, which helps it.
I think if even one of the places had hung some fabric panels or something on some of the walls, it would have gone a long way to making the interior more pleasant.
before the Green Tomato moved in there, after Boloco announced they were out, i had been thinking it would be ideal for the community kitchen idea i keep toying with.
Sad. They actually had some really good food options. Their shrimp crab cake salad was awesome. It was my favorite of the places that have been there in recent memory.
I tried to take some friends there a couple of Sundays ago. They complained about the walk from Davis Sq. to there. And they are triathletes! I never considered it a walk worth even mentioning, but I guess for most people it is a hike to get there.
BTW, it ended up being closed Sundays - which was stupid. Most cafe style places I know are booked solid on Sundays.
i never get, as well, that all the restaurants in the cambridge/somerville area that find they're dying....cut the hours back to lunch hours...instead of saying, 'to hell with it, lets not open until 4pm and we'll stay open until midnight when everyone else is closing at 9.
Mike's did more or less what you suggest here, and it seems to work for them. They used to have breakfast, but now don't open until at least 11, and they stay open to midnight or later.
Very much so. I tried to go several times during the hours posted on their website, only to find them closed. And when I did go, the service and food was mediocre (with the exception of the crab cake salad mentioned above, which was indeed awesome).
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Date: 2009-06-09 01:43 pm (UTC)(I just now found out when Candy Leonard's announcement hit the SomervilleVoices.org moderation queue. I'm an intermittent moderator over there)
Edit: While I was posting this comment, Candy posted here as well.
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Date: 2009-06-09 09:35 pm (UTC)The one that you continue to perpetuate.
Supposedly it's been taken care of
Sure, supposedly if you don't believe the Boloco Owner (http://community.livejournal.com/davis_square/1413802.html?thread=15738794#t15738794) who says "In fact, we did gut the entire basement when we took over from O'naturals" or the Green Tomato people who offered Ron a tour (http://community.livejournal.com/davis_square/1413802.html?thread=15739050#t15739050).
But I understand, it's so much easier to believe someone who worked there three businesses ago, because it's the internet and all.
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Date: 2009-06-09 11:16 pm (UTC)In other news, nice icon.
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Date: 2009-06-09 03:39 pm (UTC)I still want a B. Good there anyway!! :)
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Date: 2009-06-09 06:15 pm (UTC)Maybe I want that instead.
Now I want fries and a milkshake.
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Date: 2009-06-10 03:13 pm (UTC)You're right, though; I can't see most restaurants doing well there.
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Date: 2009-06-10 12:24 am (UTC)Carberry's lasted there a long time, but that was back when there were less eateries in Davis to compete with. Perhaps the high number of eateries in Davis in last several years have make the Green Tomato II seem an unnecessarily long hike to some.
"and the space doesn't really lend itself to intimate dining."
There is something about that space that I find unappealing. I liked Carberry's a lot but something about the changes since by the last 3 businesses (or maybe it was just Au Naturals that changed it)made the place feel uninviting to me.
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Date: 2009-06-11 06:12 pm (UTC)I think if even one of the places had hung some fabric panels or something on some of the walls, it would have gone a long way to making the interior more pleasant.
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Date: 2009-06-10 02:55 am (UTC)I'm convinced that no restaurant type place will survive there, but a community space could.
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Date: 2009-06-09 10:41 pm (UTC)BTW, it ended up being closed Sundays - which was stupid. Most cafe style places I know are booked solid on Sundays.
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Date: 2009-06-11 12:50 am (UTC)Where is Trish and her community connection space plan?
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